Sources: AHN Press TV
In a coordinated operation, the United States and United Arab Emirates launch joint airstrikes targeting IS–Somalia militants in Bari Region, Puntland, Somalia. 2025-02-17
Somali federal government-appointed commissioner of Bardhere District Mohamed Ilyas Caagane is killed after Somali National Army forces are defeated by Jubaland forces in Gedo, Somalia. 2025-02-5
At least six people are killed and ten others are injured when a car bomb explodes outside a restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia. 2024-09-28
A military helicopter carrying international peacekeepers crashes near Mogadishu, Somalia. The helicopter was en route to Baledogle Airfield. No fatalities are reported. 2024-09-19
The first of seventy British military personnel arrive in Somalia to help combat the threat of Islamist militants. The remaining troops will join the United Nations peacekeepers and AMISOM soldiers in countering Al-Shabaab later on this year. This deployment is part of a greater effort by the United Kingdom to target terrorism. 2016-05-2
At least six civilians and four militants are killed in attacks on two hotels in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. 2015-07-11
Al-Shabaab militants attack two Kenyan towns near the Somali border. 2013-09-26
Somali militant group Al-Shabab threatens a counterattack against Kenya in response to the entry of Kenyan Army forces into Somalia. 2011-10-17
At least 115 people are killed in a government offensive against Al-Qaeda linked militants in Somalia. 2011-02-27
Tropical Cyclone 02A forms off the east coast of Somalia, although it is expected to dissipate before making landfall.2010-05-19